Diffendaffer v. Clifton

McQUADE, Justice.

Respondent was permanently totally disabled when an automobile, in which he was a passenger, went out of control while traveling on a national forest development road and tumbled down an embankment. Respondent was then en route to a site where an association composed of his employers, appellants Thomas Clifton and James L. Lafferty, were engaged in tree-planting under contract with the federal government.

Respondent, claiming that he was entitled to workmen’s compensation because of the accident and resulting disability, instituted the present proceeding before the Industrial…